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2 lakh bright young sparks sign up for TOI’s scholarship programme

TNN | Sep 5, 2017, 06:57 IST

There couldn’t have been a better occasion than Teacher’s Day to launch our initiative to nurture the habit of reading among young students, Times SPARK (Scholarship Programme for Awareness, Reasoning and Knowledge). And so, we’re delighted to begin this ambitious scholarship programme for school students from Class IX to XII, with which we hope to transform many young lives and create a generation of leaders.

The Times of India’s “Read to Lead” initiative has clearly struck a chord with parents, educationists and students, with more than 2 lakh students across the country registering for the programme.

The highest number of registrations — 40,000 — originate in the Delhi-NCR region, followed by Mumbai at 17,000. But there have been admissions from the length and breadth of the country, including the Naxal-affected area of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. What we see in these numbers is a hunger for education and a burning desire for a better life. The students who have signed up for this programme are among the best and brightest in the country. Their lives stretch ahead of them as long, fulfilling journeys rich with promise and excitement. With this programme, we hope to help give them a head start.

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